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Chevron's solar panels won't clean up its filthy oilfield | Fred Pearcehttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/apr/08/chevron-solar-panels-oilfield
Chevron plans to use solar energy to power pumps at one of the oldest and dirtiest oilfields on the planet<p>Project Brightfield has a nice ring to it. <a href="http://www.chevron.com/" title="Chevron">Chevron</a>, the California-based oil giant, is turning the site of an old oil refinery into an eight-acre field of solar panels, showcasing seven new technologies from an array of cutting-edge companies. It seems to fit the company's current online slogan: "Finding newer, cleaner ways to power the world".</p><p>But there is a problem for Chevron, which has over a thousand Texaco filling stations in Britain. It plans to use the solar energy to help power pumps and pipelines at what will remain one of the oldest, dirtiest and most greenhouse-unfriendly oil fields on the planet – the Kern River heavy oil facility near Bakersfield.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/apr/08/chevron-solar-panels-oilfield">Continue reading...</a>Corporate social responsibilityEnvironmentBusinessOilOilSolar powerFossil fuelsEnergyEnergy industryRenewable energyChevronThu, 08 Apr 2010 11:16:43 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/apr/08/chevron-solar-panels-oilfieldPhotograph: Chip Chipman/ Getty ImagesSolar panels are used to power Chevron operations. Illustration: Chip Chipman/ Getty ImagesPhotograph: Chip Chipman/ Getty ImagesSolar panels are used to power Chevron operations. Illustration: Chip Chipman/ Getty ImagesFred Pearce2010-04-08T11:16:43ZGreenwash: Only a Total fool would be convinced by adverts festooned with giraffes and solar panelshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jun/04/greenwash-total-renewables
The French oil company's investment in renewables sounds large, but it's a drop in the oil barrel<p>Wherever I look at the moment, I cannot seem to escape adverts from the oil industry proclaiming their investments in renewable energy. These have become so pervasive, that you might be persuaded that the large oil companies have seen the light on the climate crisis and are pouring a major proportion of their investments into developing renewable energy technologies. But is this the truth?</p><p>Take for example <a href="http://www.total.com/en/home_page//" title="Total Oil">Total Oil</a>. It is the world's fifth largest oil and gas company with operations in more than 130 countries. It has been running newspaper adverts boasting about its solar energy investments. They are festooned with pictures of giraffes and large solar-panels. Here's the blurb:</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jun/04/greenwash-total-renewables">Continue reading...</a>OilOilOil and gas companiesEnvironmentFossil fuelsRenewable energySolar powerThu, 04 Jun 2009 10:16:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jun/04/greenwash-total-renewablesPhotograph: CHRISTOPHER THOMOND/GuardianTotal's Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire Photograph: CHRISTOPHER THOMOND/GuardianPhotograph: CHRISTOPHER THOMOND/GuardianTotal's Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire Photograph: CHRISTOPHER THOMOND/GuardianDonnachadh McCarthy2009-06-04T10:16:34ZGreenwash: E.ON's 'integrated' technology claim is shameless spinhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/09/fred-pearce-greenwash-eon-solar-panels
The power firm has decided that installing a few solar panels atop a coal-fired power station constitutes 'integrated' technology<p>It must be quite hard generating good green PR for the power company E.ON, which is trying to get permission to build Britain's first coal-fired power station in more than 20 years. So well done the press office last week for its offering that "<a href="http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&amp;storyid=17187" title="">the future's bright at E.ON's Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station</a>".</p><p>The station has become "a little greener" by putting 68 solar panels on the roof "to help heat and light the admin block". Its team leader on the environment, Christine Smith, says: "It's a great way to show how new, renewable technology can be integrated with the more traditional way of generating electricity."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/09/fred-pearce-greenwash-eon-solar-panels">Continue reading...</a>KingsnorthCoalEnergyEnergySolar powerEnvironmentBusinessThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:16:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/09/fred-pearce-greenwash-eon-solar-panelsFred Pearce2009-04-09T10:16:36Z